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Dick King-Smith (1922–2011)

Autor(a) de Babe: The Gallant Pig

219+ Works 20,483 Membros 260 Críticas 6 Favorited

About the Author

Dick King-Smith was born on March 27, 1922 in Bitten, Gloucestershire, England. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He has written over 100 children's books mostrar mais including The Fox Busters, The Hodgeheg, and The Sheep Pig (aka Babe-The Gallant Pig), which was adapted as the 1995 film Babe. The 1995 TV miniseries The Queen's Nose was also based in one of his books. He was voted Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards. He died on January 4, 2011 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Dick King-Smith

Babe: The Gallant Pig (1983) 2,312 exemplares
A Mouse Called Wolf (1997) 1,271 exemplares
The School Mouse (1995) 1,240 exemplares
The Water Horse (1990) 864 exemplares
Pigs Might Fly (1980) 828 exemplares
Martin's Mice (1988) 615 exemplares
Lady Lollipop (2000) 583 exemplares
Ace: The Very Important Pig (1990) 529 exemplares
Harriet's Hare (1995) 528 exemplares
Funny Frank (2002) 522 exemplares
The Hodgeheg (1987) 477 exemplares
I Love Guinea Pigs (1995) 396 exemplares
Smasher (1996) 372 exemplares
Harry's Mad (1986) 362 exemplares
The Fox Busters (1980) 353 exemplares
Mr. Ape (1998) 312 exemplares
The Invisible Dog (1993) 287 exemplares
Three Terrible Trins (1994) 280 exemplares
The Stray (1997) 278 exemplares
All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993) 271 exemplares
Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig (1996) 241 exemplares
Sophie's Tom (1991) 230 exemplares
Sophie's Snail (1988) 227 exemplares
The Cuckoo Child (1991) 222 exemplares
Puppy Love (1997) 211 exemplares
Spider Sparrow (1998) 209 exemplares
George Speaks (1948) 194 exemplares
The Queen's Nose (1983) 179 exemplares
Sophie Hits Six (1991) 173 exemplares
The Merman (1997) 165 exemplares
Sophie's Lucky (1995) 160 exemplares
Sophie in the Saddle! (1994) 158 exemplares
Aristotle (2003) 156 exemplares
Sophie Is Seven (1994) 145 exemplares
Mr. Potter's Pet (1994) 132 exemplares
The Golden Goose (2003) 129 exemplares
The Mouse Butcher (1981) 126 exemplares
Horse Pie (1994) 119 exemplares
Animal Stories (1997) 119 exemplares
Billy the Bird (2000) 119 exemplares
Magnus Powermouse (1982) 117 exemplares
Saddlebottom (1985) 111 exemplares
The Robber Boy (1998) 110 exemplares
Dinosaur Trouble (2005) 106 exemplares
Clever Lollipop (2003) 105 exemplares
Titus Rules! (2002) 102 exemplares
The Finger Eater (Sprinters) (1992) 102 exemplares
The Guard Dog (1991) 99 exemplares
King Max (1995) 98 exemplares
Sophie's Adventures (1994) 94 exemplares
The Spotty Pig (1997) 91 exemplares
Dodos Are Forever (Puffin Books) (1989) 86 exemplares
E. S. P.: Eric Stanley Pigeon (1986) 86 exemplares
Lady Daisy (Puffin Books) (1992) 75 exemplares
The Catlady (2004) 74 exemplares
All Because of Jackson (1995) 72 exemplares
Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse (1999) 70 exemplares
The Roundhill (1999) 69 exemplares
The Sheep-pig and Ace (1985) 68 exemplares
Pretty Polly (1992) 67 exemplares
Noah's Brother (1986) 66 exemplares
The Swoose (1994) 65 exemplares
Happy Mouseday (1996) 63 exemplares
Clever Duck (1832) 62 exemplares
Connie and Rollo (1994) 62 exemplares
Tumbleweed (Puffin Books) (1987) 57 exemplares
The Mouse Family Robinson (2007) 57 exemplares
The Twin Giants (2007) 57 exemplares
Dragon Boy (1993) 54 exemplares
How Green Was My Mouse (1998) 52 exemplares
Hairy Hezekiah (2005) 52 exemplares
Blessu (Colour Young Puffins) (1845) 52 exemplares
Mysterious Miss Slade (2000) 52 exemplares
Triffic: The Extraordinary Pig (1895) 52 exemplares
Godhanger (1996) 51 exemplares
Sophie's Further Adventures (1996) 51 exemplares
Hogsel and Gruntel and other animal stories (1996) — Autor — 48 exemplares
Emily's Legs (1988) 48 exemplares
Paddy's Pot of Gold (1990) 46 exemplares
Find the White Horse (1991) 44 exemplares
Omnibombulator (1996) 42 exemplares
Dumpling (1986) 42 exemplares
The Witch of Blackberry Bottom (1999) 40 exemplares
Chewing the Cud (2001) 40 exemplares
Treasure Trove (1996) 39 exemplares
The Big Pig Book (1990) 39 exemplares
Magic Carpet Slippers (2000) 38 exemplares
The Adventurous Snail (2004) 38 exemplares
Poppet (Colour Young Puffin) (1999) 34 exemplares
Under the Mishmash Trees (2005) 32 exemplares
Countryside Treasury (1998) 31 exemplares
Alphabeasts (1990) 31 exemplares
The Merrythought (1993) 29 exemplares
The Jolly Witch (1990) 29 exemplares
Just Binnie (2004) 26 exemplares
The Whistling Piglet (1990) 20 exemplares
More Animal Stories (1999) 20 exemplares
Animal Tales (2011) 18 exemplares
Bobby the Bad (1995) 17 exemplares
Henry Pond the Poet (Read Alone) (1991) 17 exemplares
Cuckoobush Farm (1987) 16 exemplares
Ninnyhammer (2007) 15 exemplares
Yob (Banana Books) (1986) 14 exemplares
Here Comes Sophie (2004) 13 exemplares
Horace and Maurice (1991) 13 exemplares
My Animal Friends (2013) 12 exemplares
Lightning Strikes Twice (1991) 11 exemplares
H. Prince (1986) 10 exemplares
Lightning Fred (1985) 9 exemplares
Small Animals (2008) 9 exemplares
The Complete Sophie Stories (2001) 9 exemplares
Topsy-turvy Storybook (1992) 8 exemplares
Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987) 8 exemplares
Warlock Watson (Young Hippo) (1995) 7 exemplares
Mrs. Jollipop (1996) 7 exemplares
The Big Book of Animal Stories (2000) 7 exemplares
What Sadie Saw (Young Hippo) (1997) 6 exemplares
Tumbledown Farm: The Greatest (1988) 6 exemplares
Uncle Bumpo (Hippo Fiction) (1993) 6 exemplares
The Big Book of Short Stories (2001) 6 exemplares
Super Terrific Pigs (1992) 6 exemplares
Dirty Gertie Mackintosh (1996) 6 exemplares
Meu Monstro De Estimação (2007) 6 exemplares
Ace & Noah's Brother (1994) 6 exemplares
Mrs. Jolly's Brolly (1998) 5 exemplares
Beware of the Bill (1989) 5 exemplares
Dumpling and other stories (1997) 4 exemplares
The Rats of Meadowsweet Farm (2015) 3 exemplares
Alice and Flower and Foxianna (1989) 3 exemplares
Babe Header (1978) 2 exemplares
Vattenhästen (2009) 2 exemplares
The Trouble with Edward (1991) 2 exemplares
Pets for Keeps (Puffin Books) (1986) 2 exemplares
Já a moje příšera (2008) 2 exemplares
Une surprise pour Sophie (1999) 2 exemplares
The Jolly Witch Trilogy (2000) 2 exemplares
Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988) 2 exemplares
The Queen's Nose 2 exemplares
Dick and Dodo's Books of Pets (2017) 2 exemplares
Sophie in the Saddle 2 exemplares
Spatz und Maus. 1 exemplar
Une marmite pleine d'or (2001) 1 exemplar
Schweinchen Babe 1 exemplar
Germans i amics (1988) 1 exemplar
Harry est fou 1 exemplar
Hunde-Liebe 1 exemplar
Books 1 exemplar
Hondepootjes (1995) 1 exemplar
Troetelmuis (1992) 1 exemplar
A Pig Called Lollipop (2022) 1 exemplar
Farm tales (1992) 1 exemplar
Adorables cochons d'Inde (1999) 1 exemplar
Funny Frank & The Guard Dog (2010) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Babe [1995 film] (1995) — Original book — 333 exemplares
It's Heaven To Be Seven (2000) — Contribuidor — 202 exemplares
Babe: Pig in the City [1998 film] (1998) — Based on characters by — 92 exemplares
Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (2009) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
Ghostly Haunts (1994) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Awesome Animal Stories (10-in-1) (2007) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Guardian Angels (1987) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
The Methuen Book of Strange Tales (1980) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Supernatural Stories: Thirteen Tales of the Unexpected (1987) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

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Estatísticas

Obras
219
Also by
9
Membros
20,483
Popularidade
#1,059
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
260
ISBN
1,609
Línguas
15
Marcado como favorito
6

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